Comments on: Beating Continuous Partial Attention http://www.gtdtimes.com/2009/04/17/beating-continuous-partial-attention/ The Hub for All Things GTD Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:27:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: mary catherine http://www.gtdtimes.com/2009/04/17/beating-continuous-partial-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-2201 mary catherine Sun, 19 Apr 2009 01:45:19 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/?p=1375#comment-2201 Same for me, Vivian. What helped was distinguising between processing my email and doing the results of the processing. Those are separate steps, unless the doing takes 2 minutes or less. (Credit to one of David's coaches for pointing that out to me.) It took awhile, but now I have that habit of processing email onto my lists, and following links in time that's dedicated for that. Same for me, Vivian. What helped was distinguising between processing my email and doing the results of the processing. Those are separate steps, unless the doing takes 2 minutes or less. (Credit to one of David’s coaches for pointing that out to me.) It took awhile, but now I have that habit of processing email onto my lists, and following links in time that’s dedicated for that.

]]> By: vivian http://www.gtdtimes.com/2009/04/17/beating-continuous-partial-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-2197 vivian Sat, 18 Apr 2009 02:38:08 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/?p=1375#comment-2197 I've managed to turn off all my blinky reminders, and it definitely does help. But my next problem is that when I *do* go check email or RSS, I get sucked in and click outbound links and get distracted for 2 hours. So it seems I've only succeeded in delaying my distraction. I've tried setting timers, but inevitably I turn the alarm off and say "OK, I'll just finish this article" and then forget that I said that. Rather than scheduling "off" time, I think I actually need some way to enforce limited "on" time. I’ve managed to turn off all my blinky reminders, and it definitely does help. But my next problem is that when I *do* go check email or RSS, I get sucked in and click outbound links and get distracted for 2 hours. So it seems I’ve only succeeded in delaying my distraction. I’ve tried setting timers, but inevitably I turn the alarm off and say “OK, I’ll just finish this article” and then forget that I said that.

Rather than scheduling “off” time, I think I actually need some way to enforce limited “on” time.

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